Hair-growing device.



I'. G. DAGGETT & E. G. -SLINGHAR HAIR GROWING DEVICE.

APPLIGATION FILED APRJJ, 190s.

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FRANK G. DAGGETT AND EDWARD G. SLINGHAET, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

HAIR-'GRGWING DEVICE.

Speeiicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

Application med April 15, 1908. seriai No. 427,121.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK G. DAGGETT and EDWARD G. SLINGHAET, citizensof the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahogaand State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inHair-Growing Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to devices which may be attached to hats for thepurpose of overcoming` the injurious effects produced by' lack ofcirculation therewithin on the heads of the wearers. As is well known, afruitful source of loss of hair is the lack of ventilation orcirculation of air within hats. The warmth of the head soon heats theair within the hat and the presence of this warm air in contact with thescalp causes the hair to lose its vitality and to fall out. It has beenproposed to overcome this objection to the use of hats by providing thesame with ventilating apertures. This, however, detracts lfrom theappearance of the hat and, in cold weather, is not only uncomfortable tothe wearer, but is productive of colds.

It is the object of this invention to provide an attachment which may beconveniently applied to and removed from a hat, which will not mar theappearance of the hat, and which will obviate the necessity forVentilating apertures, while securing alI the benefits producedtherefrom with none of the drawbacks incidental thereto.

A further object of the invention is to produce a device of this kindwhich is extremely light and compact and which, when applied to hats,will not materially increase the weight thereof.

In the drawings forming part hereof, Figure 1 represents a sideelevation of a hat, a portion of the crown being broken away to show themanner in which our attachment is applied thereto; Fig. 2 represents aperspective view of the receptacle which is applied to the crown or bodyof the hat, the cover being removed; and Fig. 3 represents a sectionalview through the complete attachment.

Describing the parts by reference characters, l represents a hat havingan unventilated body to which our device is attached. This devicecomprises a receptacle having perforations therein and provided withmeans for attaching the receptacle to the body or crown of the hat,together with a sack or container for material in a dry or powdered formcapable, when; heated or moistened of evolving oxygen. This materialwill be preferably a mixture of chlorate of potash and manganese dioxid.

2 denotes the body of the receptacle, the same being provided in itslower portion with apertures 3 and having at its upper end anoutstanding flange 4c. The upper end of the receptacle 2 is providedwith an internal thread 5 for the reception of the external thread 6 ofa cover 7. This cover is provided in the central portion thereof with athreaded aperture 8 for the reception of a small screw 9.

l0 denotes a small sack which can be inserted into the receptacle 2 andwhich contains suitable ingredients, in dry form, for the liberation ofoxygen. The sack l0 having been inserted into the receptacle cover 7 isscrewed in place.` For convenience of assembling, the cover may beprovided with apertures 11 for the application of a wrench thereto. Asmall perforation is made in the crown of the hat for the screw 9. Thisscrew is inserted from the outside of the hat body and is screwed intothe aperture 8 in the cover 7. The flange t will bear firmly against thehat body, thereby resisting any tendency of receptacle 2 to becomedetached from screw 9 and also preventing the receptacle fromoscillating within the hat. The head of screw 9 will be japanned orotherwise colored to correspond to the color of the hat with which thedevice is to be employed. Receptacle 2 and cover 7 will be preferablymade of hard rubber.

In operation, the Warmth and moisture of the head heats and moistens theair confined within the hat and gradually evolves oxygen from theingredients contained within the sack l0. This nascent oxygen or ozonecirculates through the apertures 3 and oxygenizes the air within the hatbody. The presence of this nascent oxygen in the air not only securesall the good eects which are 'obtained by ventilation, but stimulatesthe growth of the hair and acts as a germicide;

at the same time the ill eifects which may means extending through thehat body and 15 operatively engaging the cover for retaining thereceptacle in place, and material in said receptacle adapted to bedecomposed at the temperature of the air Within the hat body.

In testimony whereof, vve hereunto aiX 20 our signatures inthe presenceof two Witnesses.

FRANK Gr. DAGGETT. EDWARD SLINGHART.

Witnesses:

J. B. HULL, H. MILLER.

